Ingrid Oliver

Actress

Born: February 25, 1977 (49 years old)

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Biography

Ingrid Oliver is a British actress and comedian, and one half of the comic double act Watson & Oliver, alongside Lorna Watson, the pair having their own BBC2 sketch show for two series in 2012 and 2013. She is known for playing Petronella Osgood, a supporting character in the BBC television series Doctor Who. In 2022 she married broadcaster and author Richard Osman. Her mother is Conservative MP Jo Gideon.

Filmography (21)

• Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013, ★ 8.2)
• Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven (2014, ★ 8)
• Last Christmas (2019, ★ 7.2)
• Doctor Who (2005, ★ 7.6)
• Lead Balloon (2006, ★ 7.6)
• Peep Show (2003, ★ 8.1)
• The Thursday Murder Club (2025, ★ 6.6)
• Sweetpea (2024, ★ 7.5)
• Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008, ★ 6.5)
• Plebs (2013, ★ 7.2)
• The Magicians (2015, ★ 7.6)
• The Hustle (2019, ★ 6.2)
• Fixer (2008, ★ 6.6)
• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2010, ★ 6.7)
• Twenty Twelve (2011, ★ 7.3)
• Father Brown (2013, ★ 7.6)
• Beyond Paradise (2023, ★ 6.8)
• Run Away (2026, ★ 6.6)
• 96 Ways to Say I Love You (2015, ★ 5.4)
• You, Me and Him (2018, ★ 5.6)
• The Watch (2021, ★ 5.4)